USDA sought comment on a proposal to provide more information to the public about the amount of SNAP benefits redeemed by individual retailers. A Request for Information (RFI) was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2014. The RFI sought public comment on several questions related to the transparency of SNAP retailer redemption information. The Administration's goal is to provide as much transparency as possible within statutory limits and to consider input from a wide variety of stakeholders. The RFI can be found at https://federalregister.gov/a/2014-18288.

USDA undertook two rounds of calls to retailers to inform them of the RFI and to seek their input. USDA also sent emails to those retailers for whom they had addresses. Comments were accepted until 09/08/2014. Source: USDA